The character 'Crazy' Joe Davola, played by Peter Crombie, is named after an ABC executive producer, Joe Davola.
This episode is one of the rare times when an episode of Seinfeld (1989) picks up where the previous episode ended.
Joe Davola (thinks he knows Elaine from somewhere, and she says, as a joke, that he probably recognizes her face from Mount Rushmore, replacing Theodore Roosevelt's face. In 2015, a poster for the fourth season of Veep (2012) showed the face of [link=Julia Louis-Dreyfus]' character, Selina Meyer sculptured on Mount Rushmore but replacing Thomas Jefferson's face.
Kramer says that the cigars he had were made especially for Fidel Castro. However Castro was known to smoke only Trinidad Fundadors - a much skinnier cigar than the one shown.
Jessica Lundy plays the role of the restaurant hostess with whom Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) mother wants him to get together with. Amy Yasbeck and Mariska Hargitay also auditioned for the role but were unsuccessful.